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RFK’s MAHA Summit proves MAHA truly is just MAGA for your health

Nearly two years into his current position as secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unlikely ascendance still seems like a paradox—or at least a dark joke. Somehow, a person best known for being one of the world’s loudest vaccine skeptics, eating an entire weird zoo’s worth of roadkill , and having a literal brain worm stands at the helm of the U.S. government approach…

RFK’s MAHA Summit proves MAHA truly is just MAGA for your health

Nearly two years into his role as secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sudden rise to power appears to be a paradox, or at the very least, a dark joke. Despite being known for his vaccine skepticism, interest in roadkill, and reported brain worm, Kennedy now holds the helm of the U.S. government's approach to health.

With this year's second annual MAHA Summit, Kennedy appears to be the perfect embodiment of an HHS secretary for a second Trump administration, following a path filled with conspiratorial bent, dangerous misinformation, and a welcoming embrace of sex offenders.

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